1. Case report: a rare case of NOMA (cancrum oris) in a Malian woman
- Author
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M.D. Sidibé, Elisabeth Sogodogo, A. Coulibaly, S. Thiocary, H. Traore, D. Sogodogo, A.K. Sangaré, L.G. Timbiné, B. Kouriba, A. Toure, J. Ouedraogo, and B. Traoré
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0301 basic medicine ,First Clinical Case in Emerging Country ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Opportunistic infection ,030106 microbiology ,Antibiotic ,Soft tissue ,Noma ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 ,medicine.disease ,Mali ,Microbiology ,Dermatology ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Infectious Diseases ,cancrum oris ,Rare case ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Escherichia coli ,business - Abstract
Noma or cancrum oris is a multi-bacterial and opportunistic infection that destroys soft tissue, as well as muscle and bone, and can be fatal. We present a rare case of Noma in a 32-year-old Malian woman, from whom we isolated an Escherichia coli extended-spectrum beta-lactamase.
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- 2021